A little over a week ago, Popular Science published an article called "Why We're Shutting Off Our Comments." In it, the magazine announced that, from now on, it would no longer allow comments on stories it publishes online. An old friend from college posted the article on Facebook, tagging me and a few others asking our opinions on the decision. My response was this: "You had me at the title. I don't even need the 'Why' at the beginning of it."I can imagine the protests to come - callin … [Read more...]

This was written in response to an open letter that circulated a few weeks ago, written by a mother of boys to their friends who are girls. Please read that here first.Dear Mrs. Hall,I'm going to guess you've had a tough week. Here you are, a small-time blogger (like I am) and one of your posts blows up in your face. I'm not going to lie - I have very mixed feelings about you, the open letter you've written, and the support/backlash you've undoubtedly received as a result. I'm not sur … [Read more...]